8 weeks for first fill????

nymoosic · January 18, 2008

Did anyone else wait 8 weeks for their first fill? I'm having a hard time doing this! I want to eat the entire kitchen....How am I going to make it another four weeks without gaining back the weight I've already lost? I am so frustrated!!!!

mrskrzyz · January 20, 2008

Mine isn't until 8 weeks too!!

It sucks to wait... I am definitly eating more than I want to/or should be!!

Fanny Adams · January 21, 2008

While you might be eating more than "you should be", how does that compare with your pre-banding eating habits? I find that I can easily eat 1 cup of food and can push it to about 1.5 cups when I'm really hungry, but I can't go past that point. If I compare that to my pre-banding days, that is still a tiny portion, so I would think that you shouldn't regain too much of the weight lost. I also find that the more solid the food, the smaller the portion, whereas I'm quite happy to eat 2 cups of Soup and could probably manage more.

I was lucky enough to get a fill at 5 weeks out, but I asked for only half the usual amount as I don't want to have very tight restriction. All I can suggest for you is to make really healthy choices whenever you can and go for the bulkiest food, rather than Protein drinks. Not only will the more solid food fill you better, but you will have to spend far more time chewing and will likely get much better satisfaction from having eaten than you would from soft foods.

Good luck and hang in there!!

mrskrzyz · January 21, 2008

Thanks... that is great advice! My food choices are healthier than they have ever been.

When I do compare to my old ways, "I've come a long way baby!!" And I am NEVER

kris102003 · January 22, 2008

Man I feel like I am always hungrey. I finally get to get my fill on Jan 28th. I am so ready to have restriction. I am so worried that if I do not hurry up and get restriction that I am going to ruin something and I do not want that. I have still down 22 pounds since Dec. 4th so that is a good thing. :rolleyes2: Man but I understand the frustration of having to wait. Just hang in there!

antsmith101 · January 22, 2008

Maybe you should call your doctor like 6weeks out and tell him that you are getting really hungry and no weight lost?

I got my first fill 6 weeks out and the last 2 weeks the weight lost kinda stopped, so im glad that I got my first fill today.

My doctor told me that next fill is in 3 months but I can call anytime when for a earlier fill, if im getting hungry more and eatting more.

healthyagain · January 22, 2008

My Dr waits till week 12 for a first fill. I'm only on week 2 now...That's a long way away...But after reading these posts, My Dr seems to be the strictist on everything.. 2 full weeks of no driving or work, 4 weeks liquids, another 4 weeks purees and then onto solids...